WEEKLY
SffiMiArfcitVi...! Consolidated Feb., 1899.
COK VAL1L1IS, BENTON COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 2, 1903.
VOL, XXXX. NO.
EVENTS OF THE DAY
GATHERED FROM ALL PARTS OF THE
TWO HEMISPHERES.
Comprehensive Review of the Import
ant Happenings of the Past Week,
Presented in Condensed Form, Mos
Likely to Prove Interesting to Our
Many Readers.
Many Senators oppose Cuban
reciprocity treaty.
Gorgeous pageant at the imperial
coronation durbar in India.
Carroll D. Wright discussed labor
question at Science convention.
Secretary Hitchcock forces Land
Commissioner Hermann to resign.
Arrangements of arbitration proto
col in Venezuelan affairs left to Minis
ter Bowen.
The Humbert family arrives In
Paris, and the police fool the curious
crowd.
Coroner'3 inquest hears evidence on
blunders which caused Wlanstead
wreck.
Mrs. Tingley is said to declare that
a mother's love for her child should
be crushed out.
Railroads agree to return free of
charge exhibits from St. Louis Fair
to Portland Exposition in 1905.
Moorish rebels pursue the Sultan's
army to Fez and will besiege the city;
Spain prepares to send soldiers, and
Britain a fieet.
Chicago musicians will give Mascag
ni a benefit.
Wholesale election frauds alleged
in Denver contest.
The Japanese Ministry may be de
feated on increase of navy.
A whole Chinese province is be
Ing ravaged by Boxer rebellion.
Aged Montana placer miner went
. crazy, got a gun and terrorized Deer
Lodge.
South Carolina lynchers wreak
swift venegance on two negro mur
derers. Terrible trainwreck on the Grand
Trunk Railroad; 28 killed and many
injured.
All Pacific Coast ports which buy
Government transports will share the
business.
Jessie Benton Fremont, widow of
the famous "Pathfinder," dies in Los
Angeles.
Senator Morgan condemns attitude
of both parties on trusts and proposes
new remedy.
Nine miners were swepj away by an
avalanche in the Slocan district of
British Columbia.
Young woman shot by jealous lover
near Haines Christmas night dies, and
there is talk of lynching her assassin.
President Roosevelt Is bringing the
allies and Venezuela together and is
hailed as savior of The Hague tribu
nal. W. J. Bryan is in Mexico City talk
ing silver.
Railroad collision in Ontario kills
five persons.
Lake sailors starving on an ice
bound vessel.
Graham Bell says he has invented
a flying machine.
Snowslide buries bunkhouse, with
13 men at Nelson.
Calmness of a Spokane priest saves
panic in a church fire.
Blizzard sweeps over the Mississippi
Valley to the Gulf States.
Dead Astoria Recorder is found to
be short in his accounts.
Holiday trade exceeded in most re
spects all previous records.
Ship narrowly missed wrecking
Morrison-street bridge, Portland.
Special Commissioner Arati, of
Japan, pledges aid for 1905 Fair.
Representative Jones introduces bill
to open Colville Indian reservation.
Oregon Water Power & Railway
Company sued for $10,000 damages.
Fierce gale sweeps over Denmark
and causes wrecks and loss of life.
Secretary Chamberlain arrives in
South Africa and advises concilation.
Crown Princess of Saxony and her
brother may seek refuge in the United
States.
Opponents of reduced Philippine
tariff and of reciprocity treaties may
form a combination.
President Roosevelt declines to ar
bitrate the Venezuelan dispute, and it
will go to The Hague tribunal.
Many disastrous and fatal railroad
wrecks.
Negro Murderer hanged by a mob
in Kansas.
Delegate from the Philippines ex
plains their needs.
British sea captain murdered by na
tives of New Hebrides.
George Carter shoots his wife and
then kills himself at Eugene.
Fire destroys city hall and city re
cords of Marlborough, Mass.
Jealous lover lies in wait and shoots
young woman near Baker City.
President Roosevelt advises Castro
to appeal to The Hague tribunal.
Pretender to throne of Morocco
wishes to make war on Christians.
Great increase io trade with the
island possessions of the United
States.
Christmas is generously observed
cmong the inmates of the state insti
tutions at Salem.
The pope takes steps to arrange
legal separation of Crown Prince and
Princess of Saxony.
EDWARD BECOMES EMPEROR.
Occasion of His Accession to Throne
India Made a (Jala Day.
of
Delhi, India, Jan. 1. The Viceroy,
Lord Curzon, of Keddleston, made
his state entry into the capital of the
Mogus yesterday. This constituted
the official opening of the Durbar
held to celebrate the accession of
King Edward as Emperor of India
It was a splendid pageant, probably
unparalleled in its magnificence. At
the head of the elephant procession
rode Lord and Lady Curzon on the
state "Grand Tusker," 12 feet high;
the largest elephant in India. Their
howdah was decked with gold and
silver, and the elephant itself was al
most hidden -beneath a gold-worked
saddle cloth. Surrounding them were
footmen in scarlet and gold liveries
and bearing massive silver staves.
The Duke of Connaught, who rep
resented King Edward, and the Duch
ess of Connaught, followed. Their
elephant was equally gorgeously, ca-
prisoned. Then, in order of prece
dence, came the Nizam of Hydera
bad, the Maharajah of Travanscore
and other ruling chiefs, 70- ia all,
their huge elephants forming a line a
quarter of a mile in length.
The glittering procession started
from the railroad station, preceded
by dragoon guards and artillery, the
voceroy s escort, and by heralds and
t.umpeters. The route was entirely
lined by British and native troops
From the saluting battery, posted at
the fort commanding the Lahore
Gate, guns thundered out a royal sa
lute as the Viceroy passed with the
heralds and trumpeters sounding at
intervals spirited fanfares.
rne cortege passed in front or a
line of 150 elephants carrying the
brilliantly dressed retainers of the
ruling chiefs. The colossal beasts all
saluted by trumpeting and throwing
their trunks in the air, presenting a
truly imposing sight, and afterwards
fell in line behind the official proces
sion. Huge crowds of onlookers wit
nessed the spectacle, which, it is as
serted, has never been surpassed in
magnificence, even in this country of
Oriental splendor.
The- heralds and trumpeters who
followed the escort and immediately
preceded the Viceroy, were conspicu
ous by the splendor of their attire.
They were followed by the newly con
stituted Imperial Cadet Corps, com
prising 30 Maharajahs. The excite
ment was at fever heat as the first
elephant, with gold and silver bow
dahs of the staff officers, came in
view, and commenced to circle around
the mosque. The first elephants in
Asia passed in front of the great
Jumma Musjid, the steps of which
were thronged with distinguished
personages, including the Viceroys,
American and British guests, and the
delegates from the colonies and from
other parts of the Empire.
The enormous animals shuffled
slowly by, many of the massive how
dahs of quaint and rich design be
ing surmounted by magnificent can
opies of gold embroidered and bejew
eled tapestry. The bodies of the an
imals were almost hidden by their
trappings of crimson, purple and gold.
Bands of gold encircled their tusks,
golden bracelets were on their ankles,
sold and silver belts were hanging
from their neck chains, and their
heads were painted and decorated in
every conceivable color. The ma
houts were clad in the brightest at
tire, as were the attendant spearmen,
who marched by the elephants' sides.
In the rear of the procession rode
General Lord Kitchener, ,the Commander-in-Chief
of India, surrounded
by a brilliant staff, and followed by
the heads of provinces, with escorts
of Indian cavalry and tribal leaders
from beyond the border line. Down
the main street moved the cortege
through lines of saluting soldiers -and
excited, surging salaaming throngs of
natives; through the ancient city
with the b:i Iconics and housetops
teeming with life and through the
Moree Gate into the open park be
yond. There, after a four-mile march,
the elephants of the Viceroy and the
Duke of Connaught halted side by
side, and the pageant was concluded
with the great Princes filing by,
their elephants trumpeting a salute.
The Viceroy was in state uniform.
Lady Curzon was dressed in gray,
the Duke of Connaught had on a
Field Marshal's uniform, and the
Duchess of Connaught was attired in
blue. They received a flattering wel
come at all points. The Viceroy and
the Duke of Connaught subsequently
drove to the main camp.
No Public Significance.
New York. Jan. 1. Secretary of
the Treasury Shaw is in New ork
today. He visited the financial dis
trict, calling at the sub-treasury and
custom-house. The Secretary w-as
accompanied by his son and two
daughters. '"My visit here has no
public significance," said the Secre
tary. "I am combining business with
pleasure. At present my plans in
clude a journey to Philadelphia to
morrow. I do not expect to meet any
New York bankers."
Reed Leaves All to His Widow.
New York. Jan. 1. The will ot
Thomas B. Reed was filed here yes
terday. It gives all his estate to his
widow. Mrs. Susan P. Reed, and
makes her sole executrix, a bequest
to his father and mother having
lapsed by their death.
Vanderbilt Is Doing Better.
New York. Jan. 1. The physicians,
attending Cornelius Vanderbilt said
today that they had every hope of his
recovery. Unless something unfore
seen takes place no fuither bulletins
will be issued.
British Sloop at Port of Spain.
Port of Spain, Trinidad, Jan. 1.
The British slcop-cf-war Fantome,
which was sent to command the en
trance to the Orinoco and went
aground near Barancas, and which
was floated December 21, has arrived
here. An examination of the ship
shows that she sustained no damage.
NEWS OF OREGON
ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS
OF THE STATE.
Booth-Kelly Lumber Company is Driving
Logs Regardless of Danger From High
Water New Rural Delivery Route
State School for Truants and Unman
ageable Children.
A fire in Salem's Chinatown caused
$500 damage to some old wooden
buildings.
The region about Summerville will
have a new rural free delivery route.
to begin February 1, 1903.
Ontario will make another fight to
obtain the county seat of Malheur
County at the coming session of the
legislature.
The badly decomposed body of a
man was found on the South Umpqua
river. He had appearently been
drowned. The body was well dressed.
.Burglars broke into a Salem gun
store and stole about $200 worth of
revolvers. The same night a street
car was held up, but the highwaymen
weakened when they saw a number of
passengers in the car and allowed it
to go without molestation.
A British ship direct from Shanghai,
is in quarantine at Astoria, having a
case of smallpox on board. She had
load of mud from the Shanghai
rdver as ballast, and this must be
treated with a solution of acids, for
fear that it may contain cholera
germs.
Ah effort will be made to found a
school for truants and incorrigibles in
connection with the Boys and Girls
Aid Society of Portland. The plan is
to provide that in any town of 4,000
inhabitants or over, truants and in
corrigibles may be committed to the
care of the aid society.
A company of Eastern capitalists,
represented in Southern Oregon by
Captain T. J. Pierce, has purchased
the Owl Gulch group of quartz claims,
on Savage Creek, in the Gold Hill dis
trict. The consideration is $40,000.
The Owl Gulch claims were located
but a few months, ago, but in this
brief time have proved to be quartz
properties of great promise.
The Booth-Kelly Lumber Company
taking chances this winter in the
matter of driving logs which nobody
heretofore has been willing to take.
It has a drive m the Mohawk, which
will be turned into the McKenzie and
driven to the Coburg mill, and as soon
as this is completed it will start a big
rive at Fall Creek, to be " brought
down the Williamette to the Spring
field mill. The running of logs in
these streams in the winter season is
attended with much danger, which log
gers have chosen heretofore to avoid.
Should heavy rains fall and suddenly
raise the water to flood stage it would
be almost impossible to boom the logs
at their destination.
Governor Geer has granted a full
nardon to George Morey, who was
serving a life sentence for killing Gus.
Berry in Portland in 1893.
A night pumpman at the White
Swan mine, at Baker City, is dead
from falling into an old fchaft contain
ing boiling hot water from the exhaust
of the engine.
The agent of the Oregon raft com
pany reports good progress in obtaining
the right of way for the proposed log
ging railway up Milton creek, and sur
veyors will be placed in the field at
once to take levels.
The new Methodist church at
Brownsville was dedicated last Sunday
morning. After the ceremony was
completed the sum of $1,200 was
pledged by the people to pay off the re
maining indebtedness.
Frank Wallace, a Grant county sheep
man, was recently arrested on a charge
of stealing 28 valuable bucks, but was
subsequently acquitted. He now
brings suit for $10,000 damages against
his accusers, one of whom is ounty
stock inspector.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Walla Walla,
70c;
blue-
stem 78c; valley, 75c.
Barley Feed, $23.50 per ton; brew
ing, $24.00.
Floor Beet grade, 3.904.40; grah
am, $3.203.60.
MillstuSs Bran, $19.00 per ton;
middlings, $23.50; shorts, $19.50:
chop, $18.
Oats No. 1 white, $1.15(31.17:
gray, $1.12K115 per cental.
Hay Timothy, $1112; clover,
$S9.00; cheat, $89 per ton.
Potatoes Best Burbanke, 6070t
per sack; ordinary, 5060c per cental,
growers' prices ; Merced sweets, $1.75
$2 per cental.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, 9c;
young, P10c; hens, 9c; turkeys,
live, 17 18c; dressed, 2021;
ducks, $77.5i) per dozen; geese, $S
8.50.
Cheese Full cream, twine, 16
l7Xc; Young America, 1718K
factory prices, ll)ac less.
Batter Fancy creamery, 27K30i
per pound; extras, 30c; dairy, 20
22c; store, 1518..
Eggs 2535c per dozen.
Hops New crop, 23326c per pound.
Wool Valley, 12)15c; Eastern
Oregon, 814c; mohair, 26 28c.
Beef Gross, cows, 33Xc per
pound; steers, 4c; dressed, 67c.
Veal 78Kr.
Mutton GrosB, 3c per pound;
dressed, 6c.
Lambs Gross, 3c per pound;
dressed, 6Kc.
Hogs Gross, 68Kc per pound:
dressed, 7Q7Xe.
TRAINS MET HEAD-ON.
Twenty-Eight Dead Mangled Passengers
Suffer from Cold Also.
London, Ont., Dec. 31 A frightful
collision occurred a sbdrt distance
from the little station of Wanstead
Ont., on the Sarnia branch of the
Grand Trunk Railroad, vlast night.
The express was running nearly two
hours late, and was making fast time
The freight was endeavoring to make
a siding to get clear of the express
but failed by a minute or two. -
There was a dreadful crash, the
locomotive reared up and fell over in
a ditch, the baggage-car of the ex
press telescoped the smoker," and in
an instant the shrieks and cries of
the wounded and dying filled the air.
The loss of- life as 28. The Injured
numbered many more, and many of
tnese may die. Several of the dead
were horribly mutilated. Heads were
cut oft, legs were wrenched from their
bodies, and the level stretch of snow
became srimson with the blood of the
victims. r - :
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Operator is Blamed.
The responsibility for the accident
has not been definitely fired, but It is
believed to have been due to a tele
graph operator's error. 'The opera
tor at one of the stations : where the
two trains stopped gave an order to
the freight to pass No. 5,: the Pacific
express, at Wanstead. In; the system
of the Grand Trunk this order should
have been duplicated, a copy being
given to the conductor and engineer
of the express. Instead of this the
conductor of the express; .received a
clearance order, telling him that he
might run through. The freight train
in the meantime had stopped at-Wanstead
to sidetrack, and was telescop
ed by the express. . The blinding
storm which was raging rendered ob
jects invisible at the distance of a
few feet. f - " c
The operator at Wanstead . is not
usually on duty at night, bat last even
ing he happened to be in the office for
a short time. He was going out of
the door when he heard the telegraph
instrument click and immediately call
repeatedly the message; "Stop No. 5,"
"Stop No. 5." Seizing a t latent, the
operator dashed for the door, : and as
he closed it behind him he heard the
crash of the collision up the track.
WAR ON CHRISTIANS.
Said to Be the Plan of New' Aspirant to
Throne of Morocco.
London, Dec. 29. The correspond
ence of the Times at Fez. Morocco,
describes the situation as having be
come very serious, owing, to a jarge
increase in the number of the preten
der's followers whom the government
troops are too weak to attack. Rein
forcements amounting to 12,000 men,
he says, will leave tomorrow and an
additional force of regar cavalry
has been called out.
Many tribes not already in rebellion
are wavering and are ready to join
the rebels in the event of a serious
government defeat. The pretender is
fully supplied with everything neces
sary and has distributed his forces
over a district where they can be" col
lected or dispersed very quickly.
The Times' correspondent adds that
the pretender's position is a very
strong one. He professes not to
claim the throne for himscif, but de
sires to overthrow the Sultan on ac
count of his European tendencies. If
successful, the pretender proposes
that the rebels shall nominate a new
Sultan from the Shehifian family who
would promise to continue the war
against the Christians.
SLAUGHTER OF INFANTS.
Disclosure of Horrible Customs in Japan
A "Prison Editor."
Victoria, B. C, Dec. 31. Corres
pondence of the Associated Press re
ceived from Yokohama by the steam
er Tartar tonight included details of
a horrible baby-farming conspiracy in
Osaka. An elderly woman, her mar
ried daughter, husband and two others
have been arresed for infanticide, and
it is learned since that they started
operations by killing 300 children,, 80
this year.
The Japan Times has an account
of how a Japanese of Kochi was mar
ried to a corpse. His bride-elect, the
daughter of Kintara Sawada, com
mitted suicide on the eve of her mar
riage. The body was recovered, and
t the request of the dead woman's
parents, the ceremony took place be
tween the living and the dead.
The Kobe Chronicle publishes a
lengthy account, telling of the "pri
son editor" employed by Japanese
papers whose duties are to be im
prisoned in case a verdict is given
against the paper he is supposed to
edit, for libel or other offenses.
Dolly Earle's Suicide.
Philadelphia, Dec. 31. Dolly Earl, a
member of the "Merry Widows" com
pany, playing at a burlesque house
here, committed suicide tonight in her
dressing-room by swallowing carbolic
acid. She left the following note, ad
dressed to J. A. Fallingef, Rochester,
N. Y.:
"Forgive me, all. Can't stand
trouble."
Miss Earl was about 30 years old.
Her home is said to be in Oklahoma.
She was formerly a member of the
"Runaway Girl" company, which
stranded here about two weeks ago.
Benjamin H. Calef Dead.
New York, Dec. 31. Benjamin H.
Calef, an accountant, died in his home
at East Orange after a long illness.
He was associated with Jay Gould
and General Grenville M. Dodge in
western railroad enterprises; had been
special and private accountant for the
late George M. Pullman and Robert T.
Lincoln, and was an executor of the
Pullman estate. He lived in Chicago
until he removed to East Orange, 16
years ago. Bis widow and three
children survive him.
Empress Dowager Greets Miles.
Pekin, Dec. 31. The Dowager Em
press and neutenant-uenerai Miies
exchanged flattering speeches at to
day's audience, the Dowager assuring
the General that the "success of the
American -Army was assured under a
commander so celebrated."
SPAIN WAKINQ UP
TAKING ALARM AT SERIOUSNESS OF
. - - REBELLION LN MOROCCO.
Calling Her Soldiers to Arms The Sultan
Is Barricaded In His Palace at Fez
His Royal Army Has Been Routed by
Anti-Christian Rebels British Fleet
En Route to Gibraltar, v "
Madrid, Jan. 1. The Spanish gov
ernment is preparing for eventuali
ties in Morocco, and has : ordered
troops at Malaga," Cadiz and Alge
ciras to be held in readiness to
promptly reinforce the garrisons at
Ceuta and- Mellill, Morocco, should
the situation require s it. A Spanish
cruiser has been ordered ..to Tangier.
, According to dispatches received
here -from Tangier the rebels chased
the troops of the Sultan to the gates
of Fez. It is reported that the Euroo-
eans are preparing to leave Fez.
lung Alphonso tonight discussed
the Moroccan- crisis with General
Weyler, Minister of War, and the
Duke of Veragua, Minister of Marine.
In addition to the cruiser Infanta Isa
bella, which has already gone to Tan
gier, other vessels are to be held in
readiness to take reinforcements to
Ceuta and Melilla.
The government has asked its Am-
ba"Sdors at Paris and London to as
certain the views of the French and
British governments concerning the
Moroccan situation.. It seems to be
feared in political circles here that
some foreign power will intervene in
Morocco.
The latest news to reach Madrid
confirms the previous reports that
Fez has been invested by the rebels.
: Barricaded in His Paloce.
Tangier, Morocco, Jan. 1. The Sul
tan of Morocco is said to have retired
to the palace at Fez with all his avail
able artillery and ammunition, and
strongly barricaded himself in conse
quence of a threatened attack nn the
part of the rebels.
Women in the Consulates.
London, Jan. 1. A dispatch to the
Times from Tangier, dated December
29, says: . . . .
A courier from : Fez reports that
e Christians there , are safe. The
missionary women are in" the British
Consulate. The attack on the camp
occurred at night. -It is reported that
2000 of the Sultan's'- troops were
Kmea. - - ; - :.
An absurd ramot is current that
the French are supporting the rebels.
As a matter of fact, the anti-Christian
movement it more dangerous o tre
French than to anybody else, and it
threatens them in Algeria.
"Tangier is tranquil. No disturb
ance of any knd need be feared here."
British Warships Go.
Valleta, Island of Malta, Jan. 1.
H. M. S. Bacchanta, the flagship of
Admiral Walker, togehter with the
British battle-ships Canopus and Vic
torius and ihe cruiser Diana, have left
here for Gibraltar, it is believed, in
connection with the Moroccan situa
tion. The battle-ship Implacable will
follow the other ships shortly.
BINGER HERMANN RESIGNS.
Commissioner of General Land Office Quits
and His Assistant Appointed.
Washington, Jan. 1. Land Com
missioner Binger Herman has ten
dered his resignation to the Presi
dent, to take effect the 1st of Febru
ary or 1st of March. He will be suc
ceeded by present Deputy Commis
sioner Richards, of Wyoming. In
confirming the announcement, Mr.
Hermann said:
"I have wanted to return to Rose
burg to resume the practice of my
profession, and have contemplated
resigning for a year or more. I have
held this office longer than any of
my predecessors, except two, since
the office was created in 1812, having
entered upon my duties soon after the
first inauguration of the late Presi
dent McKinley, nearly six years ago.
I have endeavored to administer the
affairs of the office so as to do injus
tice to no one, whether he be home
steader or corporation seeking pub
lic land."
Mr. Hermann would not say wheth
er he would enter the senatorial race
in Oregon, nor would he say that hs
would allow the use of his name in
connection with the senatorship.
Recount In Colorado.
St. Louis, Jan. 1. In pursuance of
a decision to re-count the votes cast
at the recent election in the Twelfth
Congressional District, the ballot
boxes were opened yesterday in the
presence of James Butler, Congressman-elect,
and the contestant, George
C. R. Wagoner, and their attorneys,
says a dispatch from Denver. Ballot
boxes of 85 precincts out of the total
of 105 were examined, but the result
was not made public. Butler, on the
face of the returns, had a majority of
6000.
Events at La Guayra.
La Guayra, Jan. 1. The Dutch
steamer Prinz Willem V, from Am
sterdam, arrived here today. After
undergoing the usual preliminaries,
she was allowed to enter and
charge her cargo.
dis-
Iowa Central Strike Settled.
Marshalltown, la., Jan. 1. The
switchmen's strike on the Iowa Cen
tral has been settled. An in
crease of 2 cents an hour was grant
ed both the day and night crews, with
pay for overtime.
Could Not Place Blame.
Trinidad, Colo., Jan. 1. The jury
that held an inquest over the bodies
of eight men killed in the collision
between freight trains on the Colora
do & Southern Railroad last week
yesterday returned a verdict to the
effect that from the evidence pro
duced it was unable to attach blame
to any one.
ROOSEVELT DECLINES.
Venezuelan Trouble Will Go to The Hague
Tribunal for Settlement.
Washington, Dec. 30. President
Roosevelt will not be the arbitrator
of the Venezuelan controversy. The
whole vexatious subject will be refer
red for adjudication to The Hague
iriDunai. i., -
; Epitomized, this was the situation
as it had resolved itself at the con-.
elusion of the Cabinet meeting yes
terday.": The meeting was not so long
as the sessions usually are. All the
members, except Secretary Root, were
present. The Venezuelan question
was the principal and practically the
only topic of general concern under
consideration. Secretary . Hay pre
sented the results of his cable corres
pondence with the governments at
London, Berlin, Rome and Caracas.
In accordance with the suggestion
made Dy President Roosevelt, through
Secretary Hay, President Castro was
reported to have agreed to submit the
difficulties to the arbitration of the
tribunal at The Hague. The Euro
pean powers not. only consented to
submit the controversy to arbitration,
but while they had expressed a pre
ference for an arbitration to be con
ducted by President Roosevelt, they
had assented to his suggestion that
the mattef- be referred to The Hague.
ine presentation of the case met
the hearty approved of the Cabinet.
wo rear is expressed by the Adminis
tration that the Monroe Doctrine will
be brought into the controversy in
any manner that might result in an
embarrassing situation for the United
Stales. Secretary Hay is preparing a
note to the powers in which the grati
fication of this Government is ex
pressed for the course agreed upon.
No intimation is given Of the condi
tions which may have been imposed
by the European powers 'or by;
President Castro as precedent to
the arbitration. It is known, that
Great Britain was willing to submit
the subject to the arbitration of Presi
dent Roosevelt practically without
conditions, but the suggestion is made
tnat one and perhaps two of the other
powers involved proposed some con
ditions which might have proved em
barrassing to the President had he un
dertaken the Tesponsibillty of deter
mining the question.
It is understood that some money
must pass, but it is also known that
the amount of cash to be required of
Venezuela before arbitration is not
nearly so large as had been stated.
It is not possible to learn either
whether the allies insist upon apol
ogles from Castro, and while It is as
sumed that the blockade will be
speedily raised, no arrangements to
that end has yet been made.
GUARD AGAINST BUBONIC.
Arizona Takes Precautions but Dees not
Fear Its' Spread North. " "
Nogales, Ariz., Dec. 30. Doctors
Purdy and Chenoweth, who were ap
pointed by the Board of Health of
Nogales to investigate the effective
ness of measures adopted by the au
thorities at Guaymas against the in
troduction of the disease supposed tc
be bubonic plague, now epidemic ai
Mazatlan, have returned and say there
is no danger of the disease extending
to Guaymas or points north as long
as the present vigilance is continued.
Official telegrams were received
here today from the Governor of the
State of Sinaloa, who reports the sick
ness decreasing. Another telegram
from Dr. Fernandez, chief surgeon of
the Eleventh Regiment of Infantry
stationed at Mazatlan, says:
"Thirty cases of 'bubonic plague'
sent to the Lazarelo, of which 15 have
died in seven days. Amongst troops
at the barracks not a single case.
Sanitary precautions taken."
Investigating in Mexico.
Washington, Dec. 30. The United
States Marine Hospital Service au
thorities have decided to dispatch an
expert to the coast of the Gulf of Cali
fornia in Mexico to investiage the re
ports of the appearance of plague
among the immigrant Chinese there,
but no one has been designated for
the service.
Epidemic is Abating.
Mexico City, Dec. 30. The plague
situation is decidedly improved at
Mazatlan. Only three deaths occur
red yesterday. Steamers are still pre
vented from touching at that port.
Kansas and Missouri Freeze.
Kansas City, Dec. 30. Advices re
ceived today indicate severe weather
throughout Kansas and Missouri.
Concordia, Kan., reports zero weather
there, and all along the Missouri Paci
fic road this same condition prevails.
Hutchinson, Kan., reports the coldest
weather in years, the thermometer at
that point registering five below zero.
At Atchison five below is recorded.
At Mexico, Mo., a coal famine con
fronts the people. There is no more
coal for sale at any of the yards and
the thermometer registered zero last
night.
Philippine Veteran Missing.
Denver, Dec. 30. Second Lieuten
ant William M. Kister, Company M.
Eighteenth United States Infantry, has
been massing from Fort Logan for
nearly two weeks. The Denver police
department has been asked to help to
locate him. Lieutenant Kisler is 23
years of age. He enlisted as a pri
vate in the Sixth Cavalry six years
ago at Philadelphia'. Shortly there
after he went with the battery to the
Philippines and saw active service
in and about Manila.
Snow Stops Traffic.
Marquette, Mich., Dec. 29. A se
vere blizzard, which has been blowing
for 24 hours, today rendred street-car
service temporarily impossible, and
made railroad transportation slow
and uncertain.
Fire Proves Expensive.
Bisbee, Ariz., Dec. 29. A fight in a
disorderly house at Cananea, Mexico,
caused a fire in the place which re
sulted in the loss of $20,000. During
the fight a lamp was knocked ovrr and
started the blaze.
AS A FRIEND OF ALL
THE PRESIDENT IS. HELPING ALONG
. PEACE NEGOTIATIONS.
Basis of Arbitration Must Be Fixed Upon
First Allies May Consent to Raise the '
Blockade, Provided They Can Renew
It if Venezuela Does Not Pay High
Compliment to Roosevelt.
Washington, Dec. .31. There is
now in progress an active exchange o
notes between - the allied powers, '
Venezuela and the United States,' re
specting the method of submitting to
arbitration the issues which hav '
arisen between Venezuela and the
allies. The weight of official opinion
here this afternoon was that several
days at least must elapse before any
thing in the nature of a preliminary -protocol
can be made ready for sis-
nature. German insistence upon a
prepayment of 10 per cent of her full
claims before submitting her case to
arbitration, and perhaps . President
Castro's resistance to meeting what
the allies claim as the obligations of
honor are believed - to be now the
sticking points. But it is hoped that
these can be pased within the next few
days, and it is further hoped that
some arrangement will be made in th
preliminary- protocol for the raising
of the blockade, though it is intimat-
ed that the allies' ships will be kept
ready to renew it in case of any de
fault on the part of Venezuela In her
obligations.
Washington having been the nivot
about which all the negotations have
turned up to this point, it is surmised
that it may also be the scene of the
final act in the shape of the signature
of the protocol, either by the resident
representatives here of the powers in
terested or by special agents sent to
this neutral ground for the purpose.
An "erroneous idea obtained in some
quarters as tot the functions of the
President and Secretary Hay in this
matter, and they have been represent
ed as endeavoring personally to con
duct the negotations, as drawing up
protocols and generally taking a
leading part in all that is going on. It
:s pointed out at the State Department
that, while ordinarily a misunder
standing on this point would be trifl-"
Ing, it happens In the present case ;
that reports "of such activity on the
part of the United States . officials
after the President had expressly de
clined to assume the duties of arbitra-
tion would surely be ill received in
Europe and might perhaps lead to
some backward .steps that would be
a matter of regret to the Government,
which earnestly, desires to have the ;
parties reach, an honorable settle-
merit o' their differences.
It" is explained at" the State Depart
ment that the part of the United State
United States Government just now
is that of "good friend" to all parties;
that it is not undertaking to draw up
protocols or impose limitations upon
the parties, but it is confining its
offices to getting them together and
keeping them so. In this view it will
not be necessary tor our Government
to prescribe how the Monroe Doctrine
shall or shall not figure in the proto
cols; it will judge for itself by results
how our interests are affected, and
will not indulge in premature or uncalled-for
protests.
As for the terms of the arbitration,
it is stated that they are in a fair way
speedily to- be adjusted, but nothing
can be said of the details. It is pre
sumed that the allies will agree to
terminate the blockade, though no
stipulation has yet been entered into
on that point. Nothing has been
heard recently' of the part to be taken
by United States Minister Bowen in
the final settlement, and it begins to
appear that, after all, Venezuela will
probably be represented by one of her
own people.
DISOBEYED THE RULES.
Naval Commander Takes His Wife to Sea
and is Ordered Ashore.
Washington, Dec. 31. Commander
John E. Roller, ex-commander of the
old gunboat Monocacy, has reached
this country from the Asiatic station,
having been ordered home by Rear
Acfcniral Evans for persistent infrac
tion of the rules which prohibit the
commander of a vessel from permit
ting his wife to make her home aboard
the ship. It is charged that after of
fending in that particular several
times Roller's attention was called to
the violation of the regulations, but
with no apparent effect. When his
last offense came to the ears of Rear
Armiral Evans the latter detached him
and ordered him home.
Pope Admires American Officers.
Rome, Dec. 31. The pope today re
ceived in private audience Comman
der William H. Reeder, Chaplain Ed
ward J. Brennan and Lieutenant
Henry Seigmier, of the United States
training-ship Hartford. Commander
Reeder and Lieutenant Seigmier were
in full uniform. The pope remarked
on the smartness of the American
navy uniform, and said he regretted
the Hartford was not coming nearer
to Rome. He would have enjoyed see
ing more of the officers and .men, as
he had the most pleasant remember
ances of meeting with Americans.
Starved to Death In Bolivia.
Seattle, Dec. 31. -News has just
reached here that John S. Rouse
starved to death in the wilds of Cen
tral Bolivia in June, 1900, while on an
explorating trip. But one man of a
party of 30 escaped. Rouse was one
of the pioneer mining men of the
State of Washington, coming first to
this section in 1879. On his last trip
he was one of a party representing
the Bolivian government. His friends
here will ask the Department of State
to investigate his death.
Do Not Fear General Tung.
Pekin, Dec. 31. Officials here dis
credit the reports that General Tung
Su Siang and Prince Tuan are moving
on Siang Fu with troops.. The mis
sionaries, however, are said to be re' 't,
tiring from that "region. t